Improvement in wagon-brakes



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WAGON-BRAKE.

Patented ;1'une19,1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @Felon I JAMES M. ONEALL, OF

IMPROVEMENT in FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

WAGON-BRAKES.

Specicationforming part of Letters Patent No.l 192,2?5, dated J une 19, 1877; application filed May 14,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES M. ONEALL, ot' Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Buggy-Brake; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

p My improved brake is designed to be attached to the under side ot' a buggy or Wagon body in such manner that it may be operated by the foot of tbe driverappliedY to the bent arm of a lever, projecting up through a slot in the bed or door. The said lever has a sector-shaped toothed portion, which meshes With a toothed sliding rack-bar, that is immediately connected -with and operates the brakelevers proper, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying' drawing, forming part of' this speciljcation, Figure l is a side elevation of' a buggy-body (part being broken out) having my improvement attached. Fig. 2 is a bottoni-plan View of the same.

The foot-lever A is arranged transversely of the buggy, pivoted at a, and Works in a slotted guide, b. Its free end c is bent up- Y ward, and projects through the slot d in the bottom B oi' the buggy or Wagon, in such manner that the foot of the driver maybe conveniently applied to it. The lever A is attached to, or else formed in one piece with, the sector-shaped piece C, which is also pivoted at the same point a,^and provided with teeth e on its curved outer side. The sector C meshes with the rack-bar D, which is placed lengthwise of the door B, and has a flexible connection with the inner ends of the pivoted y the Way, and not brakelevers E. The bar D slides in friction al contact with the guide b, and is thushe and thus the rack-bar is caused to slide for- Ward and draw the inner ends of the brake-levers E in the same direction, so that the brakeshoes are applied to the Wheels with a force and eiect corresponding to the pressure exerted by the driver on the lever A.

This arrangement of brake mechanism 0bviates several objections to the use of leverbrakes on buggies, since the parts are out of noticeable or prominently visible from the sides of the vehicle.

What I claim is- The tootleverA, having an upwardly-curved end, c, the toothed sector C, the guide b, the sliding rack-bar I), and the pivoted brakelevers E, 'attached to the under side of a buggy or Wagon body, having the slot d, all combined, substantiallyas shown and described, to'operate as specified.

JAMES MADISON ONEALL.

Witnesses:

J. J. MILLER, SoLoN G. KEMoN. 

